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In reply to the discussion: What can you guys tell me about Humanists? I've never dealt with one before. [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)41. The bigotry of the religious right is defined by Uganda. If you are saying 'as bad as'
it has to be 'as bad as stoning and mass jailing.' To casually claim that 'they are as bad as religious fundamentalists' while religious fundamentalists are starting actual pogroms is to serve the fundamentalists. It is also not accurate.
What stuns me is that in a week when the news contains stories of gay people being tried under Sharia law and arrested under Christian law both in Uganda, anyone on DU would see it acceptable to defend Sharia law or Christian religious law in any way at all, or to claim 'humanists are just as bad as fundamentalists'.
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What can you guys tell me about Humanists? I've never dealt with one before. [View all]
MrScorpio
Feb 2014
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: a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc. - so, no.
Schema Thing
Feb 2014
#2
It's his primary focus on Muslims, to the exclusion of other religions that bothers me
MrScorpio
Feb 2014
#10
You know what is bigoted? That law religious folks just passed in Uganda which puts
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2014
#6
They are as varied as those who call themselves christian or jewish or muslim, etc.
cbayer
Feb 2014
#11
The bigotry of the religious right is defined by Uganda. If you are saying 'as bad as'
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2014
#41
The second sentence of your entire piece indicates you've picked up the convo in the middle
riderinthestorm
Feb 2014
#14
He's not a bigot then. You brought up Muslims first. He's simply using your own example
riderinthestorm
Feb 2014
#20
I am wondering what the meaning of humanist is here. When I was younger I was taught that a
jwirr
Feb 2014
#19
NO! you're the Extremist and he rightly pointed out muslims in the discussion because...Thats what
Drew Richards
Feb 2014
#33